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Hand Pollinating Squash

You planted your squash as soon as the Soil Temperature reached 70 degrees. Over the past 60 days, you've watched delightedly as your small seed has turned into a monster plant that seems to grow by the day. You watch in eager anticipation as your plant fills with orange blooms, expecting that squashes are immanent. You wait and wait but despite all the signs, a squash never appears. What's going on? How can you help ensure that you'll soon have tasty squashes sitting on your kitchen table?

By |2020-01-27T22:19:01-06:0012:00 pm|Blog, Gardening, The Art of Growing|0 Comments

Helping Pollinators Overwinter

Although the winter isn’t over yet, and there are plenty more cold days to come, I’m pleased to announce the spring flowers have started blooming at our farm! Planting native plants with a variety of bloom times can help ease the pressure on many native pollinator species.

By |2017-02-20T22:17:08-06:0012:00 pm|Beekeeping, Blog, The Art of Growing|0 Comments